The Jameson Empire Awards and Other Things

So the Nominations for the Jameson Empire Awards have come out.

I'm gonna highlight the ones I voted for in red, and the ones I think will actually win in blue. If there is just one, in blue, I voted for who I think will win.

Best Newcomer:

• Carey Mulligan (An Education) <-She is the award season's darling
• Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy) <- I'm not a great fan of this guy, he seems very arrogant...
• Sharlto Copley (District 9)
• Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air/ New Moon)
• Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)

Best Thriller:

• Harry Brown
• Public Enemies
• Inglourious Basterds <-Love this film so much
• The Hurt Locker <- By the looks of clips I've seen, it does look thrilling.
• Sherlock Holmes <- Thriller?

Best Horror:

• Let The Right One In <- So I actually haven't seen any of these & didn't vote, but heard this one is great
• Paranormal Activity
• Zombieland
• Thirst
• Drag Me To Hell

Best Comedy:

• In The Loop
• A Serious Man
• The Hangover <- Supposedly hilarious
• Up In The Air <- Only one I've seen...
• The Men Who Stare At Goats

Best Sci-Fi/ Fantasy:

• Moon
• Star Trek
• Avatar <- I did love this, and it sort of has to win Best Sci-Fi
• District 9
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus <- Saw this, very weird and wonderful, very Terry Gilliam

Best Actor:

• Sir Michael Caine (Harry Brown)
• Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) <- See below
• Robert Pattinson (New Moon)
• Sam Worthington (Avatar)
• Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes)

Best Actress:

• Anne Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)
• Carey Mulligan (An Education) 
• Zoe Saldana (Avatar)
• Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria) <- Great film, that hasn't had near enough attention
• Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Director:

• James Cameron (Avatar)
• Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
• JJ Abrams (Star Trek)
• Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
• Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Best British Film:

• Harry Brown
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• An Education
• Nowhere Boy
• In The Loop

Best Film:

• Avatar
• Star Trek
• District 9
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Hurt Locker

Now, other than telling you my vote and my predictions for this set of awards... I did have another motive to write this post.

Robert Pattinson will most likely win Best Actor. This will probably not bring me any friends by saying this but for his acting in New Moon, compared to the others in their respective films, does not lend itself to a Best Actor accolade. I'm actually surprised Jeremy Whats-his-name from the Hurt Locker didn't get a look-in.

I am categorically NOT saying that I think Rob can't act. On the contrary, I think he can, he's very good at what he does. I just do not think the Twilight films, thus far, have shown off his acting chops well, just his (admittedly quite good) ability to stand there looking pretty and brooding. And he wasn't even in NM that much... js. 

Due to the influence of the millions of fans behind him, he will probably win. But I really want Christoph Waltz to win. Every time he walked on screen, you just knew something fantastically horrible was going to happen.

This used to happen to the Harry Potter films. They are relatively good films, with actors who have improved over the course of the films. But every time they used to go up for public vote against films/actors that were admittedly better than they were, they would win because of fan power.

I don't want to stop you from voting for him though, if that makes sense. If you really think he was the best actor out of that selection then go for it. Vote for him! (And I'm not being sarcastic or anything). I would just like you to think about who you are voting for a little bit. Don't just vote on autopilot.


Now go VOTE.